Brimfield Antique Show 2012

I have been wanting to go to Brimfield the last few years (ever since I found out it existed),  unfortunately in past years we have always had prior commitments on the weeks it was held.   This year I was bound and determined to go.    We took off 2 days of work but was disappointed when I saw the forecast of torrential rain for Tuesday.    We decided to stay inside and work on our upstairs bathroom renovation (before and afters coming soon!) and go see the Avengers (which I actually really liked, except for when the 3-D effects made me a bit motion sick!).     I kept my fingers crossed that Wednesday it would clear up.   The next morning it was overcast but the percent chance of rain was down.   We headed off with extra clothes and umbrellas packed.

It worked out perfectly going during the week on a rainy day because it was probably far less packed then it would have been if it was a beautiful sunny day.    I was completely overwhelmed by how much amazing stuff was at the show.   It was probably a good thing since it stopped me from spending a ton of money.    I kept wanting to see more before I made any decisions,  what if there was something every more exciting at the next vendor?

We did manage to come away with a few things:

This really cool square glass jar lamp which we will be putting up over our sink in our kitchen

The metal buckets actually have a hook on the back so you can hang them over a fence post.  Can't wait to find some beautiful overhanging flowers to put in them.  

Porcelain drawer knobs for the desk we are refinishing.  We bought 2 of each color (green, blue and cream) since each drawer on the desk has 2 spots for the knobs.   The blue one is my favorite.  The best part was they were only $5 for all 6.  

A new dining room table!   We do love our current table and its only a few years old, the problem is its height.   It is a pub table and we have noticed how difficult the chairs are to get into for our older relatives.   Plus normal size chairs are too low so we can never have more than 6 people at the table at any given time (there is a hidden leaf so it gets much bigger than in the image below).  

We really loved the white distressed look of the new table and the detail on the base.  Plus it has 2 leaves instead of 1 so we should be able to fit 8 or more people easily.   Now we just need to find some chairs... a lot of chairs.